But in a thoughtful gesture, Ebert offered his sympathy to Dunn’s “family and friends, and to those of Zachary Hartwell, who also died in the crash” on his Facebook page.

He added, “It is tragic to lose a loved one. I also regret that my tweet about the event was considered cruel. It was not intended as cruel. It was intended as true.

“I don’t know what happened in this case, and I was probably too quick to tweet. That was unseemly. I do know that nobody has any business driving on a public highway at 110 mph, as some estimated – or fast enough, anyway, to leave a highway and fly through 40 yards of trees before crashing. That is especially true if the driver has had three shots and three beers. Two people were killed. What if the car had crashed into another car?”

Toxicology reports to determine if Dunn was over the limit behind the wheel are expected in four to six weeks.